Presents major statesmen from 250 BC to modern times.

Profiles a series of world leaders, from the Emperor Asoka through Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev

Covering the 1400s to 1990s, this volume provides essays on more than 60 Western statesmen--those who changed the world in which they lived. Each essay begins with a thorough, insightful biographical sketch covering the subject's life and career with particular emphasis on his or her involvement in international affairs. Each

Looks at ten important events in the nineteenth century and gives a history, interpretation, and bibliography for each

Provides information on such events as the invention of moveable type, the conquest of the New World, and the Spanish Armada.